(1940-) US writer. Dispatches 1977, his book of Vietnam reportage, became an international best seller, praised for its bold and savage depiction of war. Co-author of several screenplays, including Apocalypse Now 1979 and Full Metal Jacket 1987, he also wrote Walter Winchell 1990, a hybrid screenplay/novel vividly dramatizing the life of the famous 1940s gossip columnist.

A German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English.